Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Correspondent

Nancy covers Washington, D.C. for Marketplace. However, she has a wide range of interests and has reported on everything from homelessness to government shutdowns and the history of the Fed.

Before joining Marketplace, she worked in the NPR newscast unit as a producer and fill-in editor and newscaster. She also worked at WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington.

In 2023, Nancy was honored with a Gracie Award for a story on how pediatricians were coping with the end of the federal government's COVID public health emergency. The story also won a National Headliner Award and a Society of Professional Journalists award.

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Jan 2, 2018
U.S. government shutdown a possibility if Congress can’t compromise on contentious issues
Congress has to pass legislation to fund the government by Jan. 19. Otherwise, there will be a partial government shutdown. And some policy analysts believe there’s a good chance a partial shutdown is coming. That’s because Democrats and Republicans are far apart on issues like immigration, and the ratio of defense and non-defense spending. They […]
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Jan 2, 2018
Accountants didn’t have much of a holiday
Now that the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul has been signed into law, the real fun begins for accountants. They’re scrambling to understand the legislation, which runs more than 1,000 pages and includes fundamental changes to the corporate tax rate, the standard deduction and tax brackets for individual filers. CPAs and tax lawyers around the nation […]
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Dec 22, 2017
Stores switch holiday sales strategy
You’ve waited until the last minute to do your Christmas shopping. It’s too late to order stuff online and get it by Christmas Day so you have to head to the mall. Brick-and-mortar stores have the advantage now. And they may not be offering the best last-minute deals. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Dec 21, 2017
The power behind the scenes at Congressional hearings
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Congress holds hundreds of hearings a year. Most are webcast. So why go?
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Dec 19, 2017
After taxes, what’s next for the GOP?
Forget the tax overhaul. That’s old news. Republicans are already looking ahead to their next goal: cutting Medicare, Medicaid and other programs like food stamps. They’re calling it “entitlement reform.” Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Dec 12, 2017
Republicans want $700 billion in defense spending next year. Can they get the Democrats on board?
President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act today. It calls for around $700 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2018. That would blow right through the spending caps Congress agreed to back in 2011. Congress has to vote to modify those caps, if it wants to spend this much money on defense. […]
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Dec 11, 2017
Saudi Arabia lifts ban on movie theaters
The announcement, made today, ends a ban that dates back to the 1980s. Saudis will be able to go out to the movies as soon as next year. It’s all part of a push by the Saudi royal family to diversify the economy away from oil.
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Nov 30, 2017
Congressional tax proposals wouldn’t do much to help low-income families with children, study says
Low-income families with young children wouldn’t see a lot of benefit from the House or Senate tax overhauls, according to a new study from the left-leaning Tax Policy Center. It found the tax cut proposals tilt heavily toward middle- and upper-income families. That’s even if the final version of the tax overhaul increases the child […]
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Nov 30, 2017
Tax think tanks are having a moment
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With Congress working on a tax reform bill, demand for tax theories is way up.
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Nov 21, 2017
FCC targets net neutrality
The next target of the Trump administration’s regulatory rollback appears to be net neutrality. The Obama-era rule that says all internet traffic has to be treated equally. The Federal Communications Commission is expected to release a new net neutrality rule this week reversing that decision. Here’s how net neutrality works. Think of the web as […]
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